Leadership

Content that enables educators, edleaders, organizations and families to increase capacity, apply a growth mindset and implement what’s next in learning on behalf of those entrusted to them.

Competency-Based Education

Get the F Out

Tom Vander Ark, Rebecca Midles

Nov 6, 2020

The pandemic has created new opportunities for how to define success for our students. It starts with getting rid of the "F".

Leadership

Why Must Literacy Be Reframed?

Guest Author

Oct 30, 2020

By: Gene M. Kerns. Gene shares why we are in need of new insights around literacy and why it’s time for literacy to be reframed.

Future of Learning

Invention Opportunity: Measuring What Matters

Guest Author

Oct 29, 2020

By: Devin Vodicka. It's time for an invention opportunity around assessments - create new policies, practices, and tools that encourage the development of purposeful goals tied to whole-child and competency-based learning progressions.

professional learning and microcredentials

Future of Learning

Harmonizing with Microcredentials: 7 Steps to Reimagining Your School’s Professional Learning

Eric Nentrup

Oct 27, 2020

In this final piece of the series, we summarize how Harmony Public Schools reinvented professional learning for their staff by putting the educator at the center and building a career pathways program awarding relevant and realistic microcredentials to in-service teachers and administrators.

Future of Learning

Teaching Through Change, Stories of Resilience: Austin ISD

Shawnee Caruthers

Oct 26, 2020

By: Rashawn Caruthers. Rashawn shares how Stacey Shapiro of AISD and a member of The Learning Accelerator’s Strategy Lab cohort, is planning for resilient and equitable futures for her students.

Leadership

Why Mentorship Matters

Guest Author

Oct 24, 2020

By: Alexa Goins. Mentorships in tech are essential to helping the next generation of professionals learn and grow. At Kenzie Academy, they are using mentorship to help our students get career-ready and land the job.

educator feedback and professional learning

Getting Through

Focusing on Feedback: A Conversation with Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn About Supporting Educators During Distanced Teaching

Guest Author

Oct 23, 2020

By: Adam Geller. Educational coaches and co-authors Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn share their expertise on organizational change and the feedback process.

Equity & Access

Pandemic Opportunity: Rethink Education Accountability

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 19, 2020

Tom discusses what an updated accountability system may look like and what our school systems need to create equitable achievement.

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Future of Learning

Election 2020: Engaging Future Voters

Erin Gohl

Oct 14, 2020

Erin and Kristen discuss ways to encourage civic discourse and engagement and ways to get students excited about participating in our democracy.

Harmony Public Schools Teacher Designation Pathways Diagram

Competency-Based Education

Change Management at Harmony Public Schools: When Prior Innovations Become Status Quo

Guest Author

Oct 13, 2020

By: Burak Yilmaz. Through the development of a competency-based microcredential system, Harmony Public Schools has become a place where all educators with a growth mindset can thrive.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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